/**
* Makes copies of the original value all the objects that we wish to track.
*
* <p>Shallow copies are sufficient since none of our objects contain children. (All lists are
* stored as comma-delimited strings so they can be serialized nicely.)
*
* @param originalObjects
*/
public void initialise(Collection<?> originalObjects) {
this.originalObjects = new HashMap<String, TohuObject>();
for (Object object : originalObjects) {
if (object instanceof TohuObject) {
TohuObject i = (TohuObject) object;
try {
this.originalObjects.put(i.getId(), (TohuObject) i.clone());
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
// ignore
}
} else if (object instanceof Answer) {
Answer answer = (Answer) object;
storeClientAnswer(answer);
}
}
}
